‘American Idol’ Recap: Who Was Voted Off?

The results were somewhat humdrum and expected tonight on “American Idol” as nine became eight. The nation voted and Majesty was sent home in an abbreviated 30-minute show. She did a quick song to save herself, but no save was given. Keith said it was the toughest deliberation of the season, but they were not all in agreement.

The save is only alive for three more weeks and it has to be a unanimous decision by the judges, though, it always seems like they use it is a scheduling decision depending on the whether producers need to stretch the show another week or not into May.

Before Majesty was sent home, we heard from Randy more than we have in past weeks at the top of the show. He said last night there were three singers—Jena, Caleb and Malaya—who gave amazing performances. The rest, he said, “Time to catch up.”

Then it was onto results. They did the results differently tonight. Sort of. So they claimed, anyway. Contestants had to watch the big screen to see, one-by-one, if they were safe. It was difficult to determine the point of this method of reveal was exactly and why they called it different.

Either way, both Jena and Malaya saw their faces up there and were told they were safe at the top of the show.

Then, Janelle Monáe performed “What Is Love” to an excited crowd. Christopher Meloni and Rachelle Harris were in the audience watching ahead of their new comedy premiere “Saving Jack”.

Next, Alex saw his face on the big screen and moved to the safety of the lounge, followed by Jessica, Caleb, and Dexter.

Ryan asked the judge how they felt about the bottom three of C.J., Majesty, and Sam. Harry said he thought that America was smart and getting it right, that they weren’t making it a popularity contest, rather voting on the actual performances. Then Ryan announced it was Majesty who would sing for the save, that Sam and C.J. were safe.

Did America get it right? Should the judges have saved her? Leave your comments below. Follow Stephanie Krikorian on Twitter @StephieKrik.

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